Follow the shooting board plan and make your own shooting board. Getting the perfectly square joint is often difficult to achieve with the tools and machinery we have available to us. One or more bad adjustments can multiply and provide a close but not perfectly square joint or miter. This shooting board plan was designed for you to easily make your own shooting board. The shooting board was developed over a century ago to ensure that corners and miters on smaller boards are square.
The shooting board is especially suited to thinner work which cannot be hand planed easily due to the narrow bearing surface. A good example of narrower stock is the components of a small drawer for a jewelry box or small cabinet. Shooting boards can be simple or assembled with extra features.
There are two attached levels of Baltic Birch plywood, with the top level (baseboard) being narrower than the bottom. This creates a lower runway at the right which enables the side of the hand plane to have a surface to glide on and be guided along from the front to the back of the shooting board as in the images. Shooting board plan has a fence installed on baseboard of the shooting board. The fence provides a stop and bearing surface for the small piece to square or miter. Fence is attached with screws and adjustable for future wear. Set up allows for adjustment of hardwood face, to enable fence to be perfectly perpendicular to edge of shooting board runway. There is no need to remove fixed portion.
Comprehensive information, shooting board techniques, large photos and (10) detailed computer designed illustrations (CAD) are included with your shooting board plan purchase. Descriptions and illustrations of both face and edge miter attachments are included. (4) video tutorials also included describing how the shooting board functions and using in different applications.
Shooting Board Pt. 1 (How To Use) Shooting Board Pt. 2 (How They Work) Shooting Board Pt. 3 (Create Miter Joints) Shooting Board Pt. 4 (Face Miter Joinery)
